it's just pop with low-cal ice cubes in it. i hope that's okay. >>> so the half-term governor turned reality tv star turns fox newscastoff is the life of the party. does the gop have a problem? you betcha. joins me here on set is lauren ash burn and ryan grim. lauren, what does it say about the state of the gop when sarah palin is getting that reaction? >> she livened up that crowd. as a person who spent the day listening to rubio and ryan -- >> that was yawning just that. >> she comes on and bam she has the crowd laughing. she has the crowd moving. you know, it seemed like she was auditioning for a role on msnbc, as much as she was bashing other republicans. >> well, ryan, do you think that you think it's a lack of talent that there's no new ideas? i mean, why such a bland crew of people at cpac, many of whom we expect to be running in 2016? >> it's because palin doesn't care about elections. the people who were being bland and boring are trying to position themselves for 2016. they know the rhetoric that fires up a cpac crowd